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Here are a few examples:
'Get off the bed.'
'I got it off the internet.'

Is it just me or does someone else think that the usage in those particular sentences is incorrect?

Shouldn't it be this(?):
'Get off of the bed.'
'I got it off of the internet.'

I need some opinions...

Nah. Is this a joke or something?
Off = not on

1. So when you say "Get off of the bed", you are saying that 'Get off' belongs to the bed.

Correct
• Get off the bed - 'get off' is the instruction, 'the bed' is what you're napping on right now.
• The wood of the bed has begun to rot - 'The wood' is something that makes up the bed, 'of the bed' is saying that the wood belongs to the bed.

2. 'I got it off' somehow belongs to the Internet.

Correct
• I got it off the internet - 'got it off' is the action here.

Notice how 'off' is part of the action or instruction. You're confused between the two.- - - Updated - - -

Originally Posted by dancanban

It's not what sounds better, but what is more grammatically correct.

I'm pretty sure that it doesn't work.

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Really mature, to rate this thread with one star. Really mature.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.
I was the one who rated it. Guess that habit just comes from Reddit, where you downvote stuff you disagree with or think is just plain incorrect.

1. So when you say "Get off of the bed", you are saying that 'Get off' belongs to the bed.

Correct
• Get off the bed - 'get off' is the instruction, 'the bed' is what you're napping on right now.
• The wood of the bed has begun to disintegrate - 'The wood' is something that makes up the bed, 'of the bed' is saying that the wood belongs to the bed.

2. 'I got it off' somehow belongs to the Internet.

Correct
• I got it off the internet - 'got it off' is the action here.

Notice how 'off' is part of the action or instruction. You're confused between the two.

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I was the one who rated it. Guess that habit just comes from Reddit, where you downvote stuff you disagree with or think is just plain incorrect.